A Night On His Own (by frasrgrl)
Summary: This story is my contribution to the 2012 Michael Landon’s Birthday Literary Challenge to write a spooky story. On a foggy All Hallows Eve, Joe has made camp by himself. What possibly could be out beyond the fog?
Word Count: 1,686 Rated: K+
The Honey Tomb (by bahj)
Summary: A dark and mysterious cave, a whispering pendant, and a ruthless enemy. It’s just an old legend, right?
Rated: PG-13 for scariness. (Well, sort of) / Word count: 3510
All Through the Night (by bahj)
Summary: Left alone once again to pick up the pieces, Ben struggles to move forward after Marie’s death, and finds comfort in the words to an old song.
Rating K (1050 words)
Brothers, Above All (by freyakendra)
Summary: While the Civil War pits brother against brother, a night on Hell’s battlefield pulls Joe and Adam into a fight that only one can survive. (Response to ML’s 2012 birthday challenge.)
Rated: T Word Count: 3,000
Fool’s Gold (by Patina)
Rating: T
Word Count=4843
Summary: Gold and greed are a volatile mix.
Confessions (by bahj)
Summary: While Ben enjoys a night out, his boys unwittingly let him in on their less than noble plans.
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1159
What Ben Saw Out The Window (by debpet)
Summary: What is it that Ben has spied out the window? And what are the Cartwrights going to do with it?
Rated: K+ WC 2000
On Butterfly Wings (by Krystyna)
Summary: This is a little story about a little boy who never knew his Mama but loves her and when he overhears some gossip he mistakenly thinks his Mama is alive after all.
Rated: K+ (21,150 words)
One Bullet & Holding to Hope (by freyakendra)
One Bullet->: Wounded and running out of time, Joe’s only hope is his ability to believe that a single bullet can make any difference at all.
Holding to Hope->: (Sequel to One Bullet.) In the wake of Annie Grainger’s murder, Joe’s family and hers are brought together in bitterness, compassion, and a shared need for hope: one, for survival of the body; the other, for survival of the soul.
WC 10,200
The Eyebrow of Doom (by faust)
Bankrobbers, mysterious family secrets, burnt food, some new additions to the household, and even two shot wounds — what else could possibly make a six-year-old’s summer more interesting?
10,700 words, rated K
The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Hoss Defined (by bahj)
Summary: You’ll find it under “H” in the dictionary :0)
Rated: Family Friendly / Word count: 1140
The Birds and the Bees (by faust)
Some questions are easier to answer than others. And it doesn’t help that Adam is entirely on his own when his son asks this particular one.
1,650 words, rated K
The Art-Universe series, links to all the stories within the series are included.
Dead Easy (by Krystyna)
Summary: Adam is ambushed, and everyone thinks they know who did it …
Rated: K+ (20,280 words)
Sarah (by rita)
Summary: Joe has been shot and needs to find shelter.
Rated: T WC 2100
Pa’s Best Man (by Visage)
Summary: Just a little unanswered scene (in my humble opinion) from ‘Inger, My Love.’ After Ben proposes to Inger in the street they both go off in the opposite direction of the boarding house forgetting all about poor Adam! (Which they seem to do a lot in this episode…) This is my attempt to fix that.
Rating: K WC 2900